Miners' Wages. Some Earn £2/10/4 a Day
Official records presented to the Arbitration Court recently show that the average earnings of Austiallan miners aie from £8 to £9 a week compared with about £2/11/6 a week…
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Mining. Mild Dealings. Mt. Lyell Higher
Restricted turnover was listed in mining shares yesterday Gold concerns attracted only mild interest Mr. Ljell again commanded favour…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pure Gold And Alarm First Of Long-Distance Doubles
FIRST of the big long-distance doubles on the Newmarket Handicap and Australian Cup was taken yesterday when Pure Gold and Alarm, two Melbourne horses, were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coal Strike Threat. Unions' Plans. Ultimatum to Owners. Conference Sought
Yesterday the combined mining unions' committee, representing 20,000 coalmine employees, sent a demand to the colliery proprietors for a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mine Workers Plan to Meet Nation-wide Stop Union Forces to Be Massed
THE Central Committee of the combined mining unions yesterday prepared comprehensive plans…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Strike a 'Foolish Policy' Warning Given by Menzies People In Favor Of Court, He Says
"If the coalmining unions perpetrate the folly of a widespread strike, the issue facing the people will be whether they are on the side of the legally-constituted tribunal-- the Arbitration Court--or on the side of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russian Gold Mystery. Big Shipment to U.S.A. May Buy Copper for Germany. San Francisco, Feb. 8. (A.A.P.)
Speculation whether Manzanillo, a port on Mexico's Pacific coast, has become a point for the transhipment of American copper destined for Germany,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coal strike Threat. Miners' Doubts. Mr. Menzies Warns Unions
Doubts about the wisdom of the threat to cause a general coal strike in Australia were expressed yesterday by rank-and-file unionists on the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Mine Statistics Challenged
WOLLONGONG. Friday.--"We challenge the statistics of miners' wages given in the Sydney Morning Herald paragraph to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Mining Shares--To Sell Or To Hold? Effects Of Labor Troubles
WHILE their industry remains under a cloud of uncertainty, because of industrial troubles, shareholders in coal mining companies are faced with a vital decision--to sell or to hold. To those holding shares in the better-class companies, "Smith's" advises holding. Selling…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Australian Gold Price
SOVEREIGNS: £2/9/, unch. (Commonwealth Bank). GOLD: Fine ounce, £10/13/3, unch., standard ounce (22 carats), £9/15/5¾, unch…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →To Buy Battleship Mine Boys' Contribution
"Mine boys" on the Johannesburg Reef, numbering 300,000, have clubbed together of their own accord, to contribute 1/-…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1000 Mine Men Idle in North
CESSNOCK, Friday.--About 1000 mine workers from Abermain No. 3, Neath, Cessnock No. 2 and Abermain No. 2 collteries, were idle on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strike on March 1 Mine Unions Preparing
Union officials have begun an intense compaign to organise assistance for the mining unions in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →D.S.M. Winner Killed By Mine LONDON
The Admiralty has announced that Chief Petty Officer Charles Baldwin, of Portsmouth, was killed by a mine while on active…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining. Light Trade. Mt. Morgan Better
Turnover in mining shares yesterday was light. Gold concerns again attracted only mild interest. Base metal shares were dull…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Soviet Gold to America Our Own Cable Service
WASHINGTON, Friday.--There is still much speculation concerning the shipment of Russian gold worth £1,500,000, which has arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Glut of Gold; U.S.A. Fear Washington
The problem of obtaining payment for American exports, coupled with the heavy influx of gold from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steel Workers May Join Coal Dispute Railways, Power, And Gas Supplies To Last 10 Weeks
Extension of the coal dispute to the steel and other industries will be considered by the Federated Engine-Drivers and Firemen's Association, the association organiser (Mr. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Money Talks Smiths Financial Review Lancefield Mine Stoppage See-saw Share Prices Tell the Tale of Earth Movements
SHARES in Lancefield Gold Mine, which once stood in high repute and sold at correspondingly high prices, suffered another temporary reverse as a result of last week's stoppage at the mine…
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